Special : IAF C130J

Team PSI
11/15/2013
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Plane Spotters India | Special : Far away in the South China Sea, the Philippines was ravaged by a typhoon Haiyan and it was time for India to showcase its “look-east policy”. On November 12, the Indian Air Force was tasked to fly out a special operations plane, the C-130-J Hercules, to Manila carrying relief material-tents, blankets and medicines etc.

The material was picked from the Army’s long-term stocks in New Delhi. Notably, China which has overlapping disputes with the Philippines in the hydrocarbon-rich South China Sea, is under criticism for offering a rather meagre $1,00,000 (around Rs 60 lakh) in cash as aid. South Block in New Delhi estimates that the IAF planes landing in Manila will have a more everlasting impact. The US and Japan have pledged millions of dollars in aid, while the UK has sent its warships carrying aid.

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